DIONYSUS CULT AS A PROTOTYPE OF AUTONOMOUS GENDER by O. O. Poliakova, V. V. Asotskyi

“…The study of the symbolism of Dionysus and its Genesis in the processes of the mass consciousness is important to clarify trends in gender distancing as in antiquity and in the modern era. Specific sensory and mental qualities encoded in the images of Dionysian madness, vakhtnag of violence and the eternal alien, the awareness of which is determined by the Dionysian thematizes in the cultural consciousness of post-modernism, the research literature presented in fragments. …”
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Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry for the Nondestructive Investigation of Conservation Treatments of Cultural Heritage by Marcello Manfredi, Elisa Robotti, Greg Bearman, Fenella France, Elettra Barberis, Pnina Shor, Emilio Marengo

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Les bois de construction du boulevard Dr Henri-Henrot à Reims/Durocortorum by Willy Tegel

“…Henri-Henrot provided an excellent quality of preservation for perishable materials, including construction wood dating back to Antiquity. The material culture includes piles, planks, beams and staves, that were used in wall foundations, riverbank development, quays, dikes and formwork for gutters, basins, wells or pits. …”
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Le traitement funéraire des enfants décédés avant un an dans l’Antiquité : études de cas by Frédérique Blaizot, Gersende Alix, Emmanuel Ferber

“…It is this great variability, in terms of topography and burial practices, that is specific to the funerary treatment of infants during Antiquity.…”
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From utility to imperial propaganda: (Re)discovering a milestone of Constantine I from the vicinity of Bona Mansio and emporion Pistiros and its significance for the study of the ‘... by Emil Nankov

“…A new look at the milestone’s findspot, date, historical context and relation to other milestones found in the region is necessary because its place of discovery puts the actual route of the ‘Via Diagonalis’ in close proximity to the fortified settlement at Gradishteto near Asardere, situated ca. 2 km west of “Kaldarmata” and ca. 5 km east of the town of Vetren, commonly identified with Bona Mansio, which was the last road station in the territory of Philippopolis during Late Antiquity. The diachronic analysis of other milestones found in the region allows us to capture the milestone’s evolving function as a medium of communication between the imperial administration and its subjects within the 3rd and the 4th centuries AD; from a road accessory providing practical information to travellers into an administrative tool displaying imperial propaganda. …”
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IMAGE OF HUMAN IN THE POSTMODERN EPOCH by L. M. Mykulanynets

“…The author revealed the peculiarities of transformation of the personality model from antiquity to postmodernism, specified the image of man of the second half of the XX the beginning of the XXI century. …”
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL SEARCH FOR VALUE ORIENTATIONS OF A NEW CULTURE BY AURELIUS AUGUSTINE by V. V. Kuzmenko, V. O. Boniak, I. A. Serdіuk

“…The logical outcome of these studies was the assertion that for Augustine Platonism was the main of the philosophical teachings of antiquity; that Augustine, being in line with Christian philosophy, considered the understanding of the aesthetic perfection of the Divine creation of the world as the sense of human life. …”
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Formation of the "Self-Made-Man" Idea in the Context of the Christian Middle Ages by V. Y. Antonova, O. M. Korkh

“…Such focus became a logical and somewhat unexpected result of the complex interaction of numerous factors of medieval culture, as well as the ideas and intentions inherited from Antiquity. In particular, the idea that a person who does not act freely cannot be morally responsible for what he does, as well as the intentions of the ancient sage to autonomy, autarky, and apoliticism. …”
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Strategies for Improving Irrigation Systems Based on Lamasba Regulation: A 2024 Field Study in Hoba Farms, Southeastern Algeria by Samira Attia, Guamra Kiram, Abderrahmane Khechekhouche

“…The development of irrigation techniques in the region dates back to antiquity, with the Lamasba system, discovered by Émile Masqueray in 1877 in the Belzma plain, being one of the most prominent examples of efficient water resource management. …”
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Les fours « à pain » dans les Gaules et les Germanies (ve s. av. J.-C.-ve s. apr. J.-C.), un regard technique by Nicolas Monteix, Camille Noûs

“…Without attempting to propose a typo-chronology of the ovens, and after having analysed the three main baking processes used during Antiquity, the evolution of the different forms taken by these processes is explored. …”
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Music Theory: Speculation, Reasoning, Experience. A Perspective from Systematic Musicology by Albrecht Schneider

“…Though these orientations all seem legitimate and of relevance to music theory, one should neither neglect the philosophical and scientific background of the discipline nor the need to carry out empirical and experimental investigations that have been part of music theory since antiquity. In the present article a perspective mainly chosen from the history of ideas is combined with some empirical data and demonstrations in order to elucidate a concept of music theory that continues traditions of fundamental music research. …”
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Les caves de Reims/Durocortorum à travers les exemples de la fouille du tramway by Magalie Cavé

“…This in turn led us to return to certain discoveries that reopened the question of the religious function of these basements in Antiquity. The tramway cellars represent a characteristic sample of Gallo-Roman cellars in Reims, in terms of location, morphology and architectural features. …”
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La ferme à enclos quadrangulaire du Bois des Olivettes à Roncourt (Moselle) : une catégorie d’établissement romain largement diffusée dans la vallée mosellane by Gaël Brkojewitsch, Brice Chevaux

“…The Moselle valley and adjacent plateaus are often described as a major corridor of development, with strong economic dynamism in Antiquity. As a result, the cities of the Mediomatrici, Leuci and Treveri offer a remarkable range of settlements whose flourishing can be explained by several objective factors (proximity to: limes, to bodies of power, agricultural land of quality, etc.). …”
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Probing the Relationships Between Mandaeans (the Followers of John the Baptist), Early Christians, and Manichaeans by Brikha H. S. Nasoraia

“…Mandaeism is the only ancient Gnostic religion surviving to the present day from antiquity. ‘Gnosticism’ was a block of creative religious activity mostly responding to the early Christian teachings in unusual ways of cosmicizing Jesus, and presenting a challenge to the ancient church fathers in the first-to-third centuries CE. …”
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HISTORICAL-PHILOSOPHICAL-LEGAL RESEARCH OF THE PHENOMENON OF THE GENDER AS THE FACTOR OF THE SOCIAL STATUS OF THE UKRAINIAN WOMAN by H. F. Moskalyk, M. Y. Baranovska, M. O. Bulach

“…The high status of a woman, as a full-fledged member of society, formed in the early state stages, lost its relevance already in the days of antiquity. The woman became a symbol of exclusively domestic, family relations and played the role of guardian of the private foundations of the social being of men. …”
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Characterization of the Beekeeping Value Chain: Challenges, Perceptions, Limitations, and Opportunities for Beekeepers in Kayonza District, Rwanda by Borden Mushonga, Landouard Hategekimana, Gervais Habarugira, Erick Kandiwa, Alaster Samkange, Basiamisi Victor Ernest Segwagwe

“…Based on the results of this study, beekeeping in Kayonza is still largely traditional, characterized by the use of antiquated production methods and underutilization of available marketing channels. …”
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Exploring cement Production's role in GDP using explainable AI and sustainability analysis in Nepal by Ramhari Poudyal, Biplov Paneru, Bishwash Paneru, Tilak Giri, Bibek Paneru, Tim Reynolds, Khem Narayan Poudyal, Mohan B. Dangi

“…A case study of Nepal's Udayapur Cement Industry Limited (UCIL) exposed antiquated production methods that reduce energy efficiency. …”
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Russian Science Foundation grant No. 20-14-00140 supported this study. The authors are thankful to the multi-access Center “Bioinformatics” for the use of computational resources a... by O. V. Vishnevsky, I. V. Chadaeva, E. B. Sharypova, B. M. Khandaev, K. A. Zolotareva, A. V. Kazachek, P. M. Ponomarenko, N. L. Podkolodny, D. A. Rasskazov, E. V. Zemlyanskaya, A. G. Bogomolov, O. A. Podkolodnaya, L. K. Savinkova, M. P. Ponomarenko

“…Nonetheless, it is unclear whether in antiquity, aside from positive selection for beneficial properties of plants, humans simultaneously selected against such detrimental properties as allergenicity. …”
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Development of Stylistics and Rhetoric in Lithuania by Irena Smetonienė, Marius Smetona

“… Every concept has its own history and its own prehistory, without which it is impossible to understand both complex and simple phenomena of life, and this article provides a brief overview of the development of rhetoric and stylistics from antiquity to the present day. It focuses on the formation and development of stylistics and rhetoric in Lithuania. …”
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An outline of typology of social relations in the countries of Byzantine civilization in the VII-XIV Centuries by Nerijus Babinskas

“…Rome also continued to develop in this direction, but at the end of antiquity, it reached a deadlock (during the barbarian invasions in the IV-V century AD). …”
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